Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-16


Detroit, Lansing & Northern railroad on
its Grand Rapids extension, provided the
road builds and maintains a depot ON the
south side, which they agree to do.
John Burg Of Ann Arbor, was struck by
q moving train on the Toledo Il Ann Ar
Dor road, while watching the unloading Of
Forepaugh's circus. He died few hours
later. One leg was crushed and ampu-
tated. He was IA years old and son of O
prominent merchant of Ann Arbor.
There Is general misunderstanding
among the clergy and civil officers en-
powered to perform the marriage ceremony
concerning the new marriage license law.
Ii does not 60 into effect until 90 days
after the adjournment of the legislature
not Immediately, as is generally supposed.
Delta county Furnishes criminals before
they commit crime, and finds 1t pays. VIM.
Bachelor and Edward Benton were cap
tured at Escanaba and burglars tools were
found In their possession. They were re-
ceived at Jackson on the 18th inst, and
will remain in seclusion for eight years
each.
A citizens meeting was held in Detroit
the other night and resolution adopted
prohibiting the importation Of foreign la
borers under contract, and committee
appointed to see that the resolution Is car
ried out. All of which means that residents
of Windsor will not be allowed to work In
Detroit.
The train leaving East Saginaw for
Grand Rapids over the Detroit, Lansing
Il Northern railroad was ditched near Mer-
a oil s.lt tl., Lc1.
gage car being broken into fragments.
Engineer Weidman, Fireman Corbes and
Baggageman Sanford were all injured
All the passengers escaped with bruises.
The loss will aggregate $40, 900.
Several thousand dollars damage was
done to property in Flint by cloud burst
on the 9th inst. Rain fell in torrents, and
Flint river and Thread creek rose rapidly.
The latter soon carried out the dam of the
Thread milling company, flooding large
quantity of low land. Below the junction
of the Flint and Thread the Begole, Fox
Co., bridges over the Flint was carried
out.
Samuel Rose of Newaygo lived with
woman twenty-five years although never
married to her, introduced her as his wife,
she bore his name and everybody sup
posed her to be his lawful wife. Lately,
i'm a divorce suit, he undertook to sneak
out of paying her alimony on the ground
that they were never married. But the
jury thought they had been at least So, 900
worth.
Hon. j. w. Clark, president of the Tam
arack and Osceola copper mining compa-
MES, and connected with several other
Lake Superior enterprises, Is about to
build copper rolling mill at dollar
Bay" where town is being laid out,
wharf built and other Improvements being
made. Mr.. Clark's plans comprehend
great deal that cannot now be given in de-
tail. He is very able man and equal to
the enterprise.
Track laying on the extension of the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic railway
has been commenced. Steel rails only
will be used. 1t is expected that cars will
be running from Duluth to Sault Ste
Marie by Christmas next The Waters
meet extension Of the Northwestern rail
way from Iron river will be finished next
month. and that road will haul ESQ, 600
tons of Gogebic ore to Escanaba this sea-
son. The Milwaukee X Northern will
reach Republic by Sept. 1.
Dan McVicke, deputy collector of inter-
nal revenue for the upper peninsula of
Michigan, is shipping 1000 tons of ganis-
ter each from the quarry near Ishpem-
ing, principally to st. Louis. Canister
is mineral rarely found, and brings a
good price. Among the minerals found
near here which are marketable and
are found in sufficient quantity for mining
are silver, lead, manganese, sulphate of
baryta, graphite, mica, etc. Several of
these deposits will probably be worked in
a short time. Fifty of the sixty-three
chemical elements are found in Northern
Michigan.
The fourth annual encampment Sons of
Veterans Michigan division, was held in
Whitehall, June o, 10 and IL. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: Marion +. Hall, Hillsdale,
colonel; b. NJ, Fellows, Bronson, Lieuten-
ant-colonel; Olander f, Partridge, Alpena,
major; Camps council-Col. Hayne,
chairman; G. +. Hale, Frank Stengel;
chaplain-Rev. w. ii. Beal of Whitehall;
adjutant-M. j. Davis, Hillsdale; quarter
master-H. NJ. Greenhouse, Hillsdale; In
spector-C. f. Davis, Grand Rapids;
mastering officer-L. A. Rogers, Reading;
iudoa odvooata-T. Gould OuoSso